1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

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1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
← 1993 16 February 1998 2003 →
All 60 seats in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.52%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC UDP
Seats before 24 21
Seats won 25 20
Seat change 1 Increase 1 Decrease
Chief Minister before election

S. C. Marak
INC

Elected Chief Minister

S. C. Marak
INC

The 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 February 1998.[1][2]

Results

← Summary of the 16 February 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| Indian National Congress (INC) 293,346 35.03 0.41 Increase 25 1 Increase
width="1" bgcolor=Template:United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)/meta/color| United Democratic Party (UDP)[a] 226,026 26.99 6.48 Decrease 20 1 Decrease
People's Democratic Movement (PDM) 58,225 6.95 3
Hill State People's Democratic Party 56,682 6.77 3
width="1" bgcolor="Template:BJP/meta/color" | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 41,924 5.01 1.33 Increase 3 3 Increase
Garo National Council (GNC) 17,650 2.11 1
Hindu Samaj Party (HSP) 4,754 0.57 0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | Communist Party of India (CPI) 1,387 0.17 0.03 Increase 0 Steady
Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,253 0.15 0
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color"| Samajwadi Party 742 0.09 0
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal/meta/color"| Janata Dal 38 0.0 0
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independents (IND) 135,356 17.28 1.12 Decrease 5 5 Decrease
Total 837,383 100.00 60 ±0
Source: Election Commission of India[3]

a The UDP was formed in 1997 through a merger of the Hill People's Union (HPU), some members of the Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP) and the Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC). Previous results presented in the table are the combined totals of parties' results from the 1993 election.

References

  1. ^ Warjri, Antarwell (March 2017). "Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya" (PDF). International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies. 3 (5): 206–218.
  2. ^ "Name of the Governors/Chief Minister and chain of events in Meghalaya". Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Meghalaya 1998". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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